palatal

From palate +‎ -al.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpælətl̩/, /pəˈleɪtl̩/
• (General American) enPR: păl′ə-tl, IPA^(key): /ˈpælətl̩/
• Rhymes: -ælətəl, -eɪtəl
• Hyphenation: pal‧a‧tal

• Audio (Southern England):

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palatal (comparative more palatal, superlative most palatal)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the palate.
2. (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
3. (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.
4. (phonetics, uncommon) Articulated at the palate: dorsal.

• hard palate, soft palate
• palate
• palatic
• palatine

palatal (plural palatals)

1. (phonetics) A palatal consonant.

• La Plata

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ləˈtal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pa.laˈtal]

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatals)

1. (anatomy, relational) palate; palatal

   Synonym: palatí

• ela palatal
• palatalitzar

palatal f (plural palatals)

1. (phonetics) palatal (a palatal consonant)

• paladar

• “palatal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “palatal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “palatal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “palatal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

palatal

1. (phonetics) palatal

• “palatal” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /pa.la.tal/

• Audio:

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palatal (feminine palatale, masculine plural palataux, feminine plural palatales)

1. (anatomy, phonetics) palatal

• palataliser

• palais
• palatalisation
• palatalisé

• “palatal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Palatum +‎ -al

• IPA^(key): /palaˈtaːl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

palatal (strong nominative masculine singular palataler, not comparable)

1. palatal

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧tal

palatal m or f (plural palatais)

1. (anatomy) palatal (pertaining to the palate)

   Synonym: palatino

2. (phonetics) palatal (articulated at the hard palate)

• palatalizar

palatal f (plural palatais)

1. (phonetics) palatal (consonant articulated at the hard palate)

• palato

• “palatal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French palatal. By surface analysis, palat (palate) +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /pa.laˈtal/
• Rhymes: -al

palatal m or n (feminine singular palatală, masculine plural palatali, feminine and neuter plural palatale)

1. palatal

• palataliza

• “palatal”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• IPA^(key): /palǎtaːl/
• Hyphenation: pa‧la‧tal

palàtāl m inan (Cyrillic spelling пала̀та̄л)

1. palatal

From Latin palātum +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /palaˈtal/ [pa.laˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧tal

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatales)

1. palatal

   Synonym: palatino

palatal f (plural palatales)

1. palatal

• “palatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024